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Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 5

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Ecclesiastes 5 NASB - New American Standard BibleEcclesiastes 5 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 5 of Ecclesiastes—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. [a]1Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the 2sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
  2. [b]Do not be 3hasty [c]in word or [d]impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your 4words be few.
  3. For the dream comes through much [e]effort and the voice of a 5fool through many words.
  4. ¶ When you 6make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. 7Pay what you vow!
  5. It is 8better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
  6. Do not let your [f]speech cause [g]you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a 9mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands?
  7. For in many dreams and in many words there is [h]emptiness. Rather, [i]10fear God.
  8. ¶ If you see 11oppression of the poor and 12denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be 13shocked at the [j]sight; for one [k]official watches over another [l]official, and there are higher [m]officials over them.
  9. After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.
  10. 14He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is [n]vanity.
  11. 15When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to [o]look on?
  12. The sleep of the working man is 16pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the [p]full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
  13. ¶ There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: 17riches being [q]hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
  14. When those riches were lost through [r]a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing [s]to support him.
  15. 18As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will 19take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.
  16. This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man [t]is born, thus will he [u]die. So 20what is the advantage to him who 21toils for the wind?
  17. Throughout his life 22he also eats in darkness with 23great vexation, sickness and anger.
  18. ¶ Here is what I have seen to be 24good and [v]fitting: to eat, to drink and [w]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few [x]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [y]25reward.
  19. Furthermore, as for every man to whom 26God has given riches and wealth, He has also 27empowered him to eat from them and to receive his [z]reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the 28gift of God.
  20. For he will not often [aa]consider the [ab]years of his life, because 29God keeps [ac]him occupied with the gladness of his heart.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Ch 4:17 in Heb
  2. ^ Ch 5:1 in Heb
  3. ^ Lit with your mouth
  4. ^ Lit hurry your heart
  5. ^ Lit task
  6. ^ Lit mouth
  7. ^ Lit your body
  8. ^ Lit vanity
  9. ^ Or revere
  10. ^ Lit delight
  11. ^ Lit high one
  12. ^ Lit high one
  13. ^ Lit ones
  14. ^ Or futility
  15. ^ Lit see with their eyes
  16. ^ Lit satiety
  17. ^ Lit guarded
  18. ^ Lit an evil task
  19. ^ Lit in his hand
  20. ^ Lit comes
  21. ^ Lit go
  22. ^ Lit beautiful
  23. ^ Lit see good
  24. ^ Or days
  25. ^ Or share
  26. ^ Or share
  27. ^ Lit remember
  28. ^ Or days
  29. ^ So with Gr

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ex 3:5; 30:18-20; Is 1:12
  2. ^ 1Sa 15:22; Pr 15:8; 21:27
  3. ^ Pr 20:25
  4. ^ Pr 10:19; Mt 6:7
  5. ^ Jb 11:2; Pr 15:2; Ec 10:14
  6. ^ Nu 30:2; Ps 50:14; 76:11
  7. ^ Ps 66:13, 14
  8. ^ Pr 20:25; Ac 5:4
  9. ^ Le 4:2, 22; Nu 15:25
  10. ^ Ec 3:14; 7:18; 8:12, 13; 12:13
  11. ^ Ec 4:1
  12. ^ Eze 18:18
  13. ^ 1Pe 4:12
  14. ^ Ec 1:8; 2:10, 11; 4:8
  15. ^ Ec 2:9
  16. ^ Pr 3:24
  17. ^ Ec 6:2
  18. ^ Jb 1:21
  19. ^ Ps 49:17; 1Ti 6:7
  20. ^ Ec 1:3; 2:11; 3:9
  21. ^ Pr 11:29
  22. ^ Ps 127:2
  23. ^ Ec 2:23
  24. ^ Ec 2:24
  25. ^ Ec 2:10
  26. ^ 2Ch 1:12; Ec 6:2
  27. ^ Ec 6:2
  28. ^ Ec 3:13
  29. ^ Ex 23:25

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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